HAVE YOU SEEN THE STORY THE MAN WHO SUED A MOTHER FOR HAVING AN UGLY BABY. HOW ABOUT THAT JENNY MCCARTHY HAS A BABY WITH AUTISM. A LOT OF THE TIME THESE STORIES ARE BOGUS. AND AS ERIC SANDOVAL FOUND OUT, SHARING CAN DO DAMAGE. THIS BLOG POST POPPED UP ON FACEBOOK A FEW MONTHS BACK. SALVATION ARMY SAYS GAYS NEED TO BE PUT TO DEATH. PEOPLE SAW IT, SOME OF THEM SHARED IT, AND SOME PEOPLE EVEN BOYCOTTED THE RED KETTLE CAMPAIGN AS A RESULT OF IT. BUT IS ANY OF IT TRUE? THE SALVATION OF ARMY OF ORLANDO FEEDS AND SHELTERS HUNDREDS OF HOME AND NEEDY EVERY DAY. MY STAFF, I DON'T THINK, WOULD EVEN BLINK AN EYE IF SOMEONE WALKED IN THAT WAS GAY OR OTHERWISE. WE ARE ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF HELPING PEOPLE, NO MATTER WHERE THEY COME FROM. MAJOR MARK WOODCOCK IS THE AREA COMMANDER. IT DISTURBS ME WHEN SOMEONE SAYS YOU DISCRIMINATE AGAINST GAY, LESBIAN INDIVIDUALS, IT'S NOT THE TRUTH. THE ACCUSATIONS ARE OUT THERE. THIS HIGHLY CIRCULATED IMAGE DOCTORED FROM THE ORIGINAL AND THE CLAIM THAT THE ORGANIZATION WANTS GAYS PUT TO DEATH. IT STEMS FROM A 2012 AUSTRALIAN INTERVIEW REGARDING A BIBLE VERSE ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY IN THE HANDBOOK. THE VERSE AT THAT STATES THOSE WHO DO SUCH THINGS, DESERVES DEATH. HE RESPONDED, IT WAS PART OF HIS BELIEF. IT SAYS THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH. THAT'S A SPIRITUAL DEATH. THANKFULLY WE DON'T STOP RIGHT THERE. THAT VERSE CONTINUES ON TO SHOW THE GRACE AND MERCY OF GOD. EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T AGREE WITH THAT CHOICE, WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THAT INDIVIDUAL WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION. SOMETIMES IT'S A GRAIN OF TRUTH. WHEN YOU REALLY KIND OF DIG INTO LAYER AND LAYER, YOU FIND THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WRONG. A PROFESSIONAL FACT CHECKER. HE RUNS PUNDIT FACT, A SPIN-OFF OF THE TAMPA BAY TIMES P POLITICSFACT. WE WILL PUT IT INTO GOOGLE, SEE WHERE IT POPS UP. THAT'S THE BEST THING TO DO BEFORE YOU BLINDLY SHARE SOMETHING. LOOK AT THE SOURCE. LOOK AT THE DATE IT WAS FIRST POSTED AND SEE WHERE ELSE IT COMES UP IN A GOOGLE SEARCH AND WHEN YOU SEARCH JENNY MCCARTHY CHILD AUTISM, A TWITTER POST COMES UP WHERE THE ACT REGULATION REFUTTREASURERREFUTES THE STORY. THINK BEFORE YOU SHARE, BOTTOM LINE. TO LISTEN TO THE FULL RADIO INTERVIEW THAT STIRRED UP SO MUCH CONTROVERSY ABOUT THE SALVATION PARDSALVATION ARMY OR ERIC'S FULL LENGTH INTERVIEW, HEAD TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, LIKE US AND YOU

ORLANDO, Fla. -

Did you hear that Jenny McCarthy's son never really had autism?

What about the guy who sued his wife in China after they had an ugly baby?

More recently, maybe you heard how the the technician responsible for the Olympic ring malfunction was found murdered.

Over the holidays, blog posts that encouraged the charitable to 'boycott the Salvation Army red kettles' were popping up all over Facebook. The articles claimed and cited examples of the Salvation Army's supposed discrimination against homosexual individuals.

At the Salvation Army in Orlando, hundreds of homeless and needy are given food and shelter on a daily basis. The area commander there says it does not matter what their sexual orientation is, they open their doors to everyone.

"My staff I don't think would even blink an eye if someone walked in that was gay or otherwise, we are in the business of helping people, no matter where they come from," said Major Mark Woodcock.

Woodcock explained that as a Christian organization their belief system does not agree with homosexuality and believes in marriage between one man and one woman.

But, he urged that their belief system does not equate to discrimination in any sense.

"It really disturbs me when someone says you discriminate against gay and lesbian individuals because that's just not the truth," he said.

The accusations began circulating after an Australian radio interview in 2012.

In the interview the host asks an Aussie Salvation Army spokesperson about a Bible verse in the charity's handbook.

The verse which was taken from Romans 1 18:32, deals with homosexuality and ends by saying, "Those who do such things should be put to death."

The Salvation Army official responds by saying that the scripture is part of their belief system.

Woodcock was not the official interview, but he contended that the verse and interview had been taken out of context.

"If you want to sort of cut and paste the Bible I guess you can come up with anything that you want," he said.

Woodcock explained that the verse describes the wages of sin being a spiritual death, but in further scripture that is taught and practiced by the Salvation Army it talks about the grace and mercy of God.

"Whether that grace is to a gay person, or to a person who has hatred in their heart or to the person who has done the most horrific thing in their life, that grace extends to them," he said.

Professional fact-checkers see interviews, quotes and stories being taken out of context all the time.

"Sometimes there's a grain of truth to it, but when you really kind of dig into layer and layer you find there are a lot of things wrong with these memes or internet postings that are flying around," said Aaron Sharockman, the editor of PunditFact.

PunditFact is a spin-off of the Tampa Bay Times PolitiFact, which fact checks hundreds of Facebook memes, internet postings and pundit sound bytes.

Sharockman said the first thing they do when they get a claim that is flying around the Internet, is put it into Google and see what else comes up.

A lot of times, another story will already be circulating debunking the claim.

The original source of the information is also a good place to start if you dispute the validity.

For instance, the story circulating about Jenny McCarthy's son was posted on a blog site called "the Sports pig's blog." The article linked back to a 2010 Time Magazine article about McCarthy. However, the former playmate never said any of the things that the blog reported her saying.

At Pundit Fact and PoltiFact the journalists will often reach out to the sources of the information and try to verify or find out where it came from. Sharockman said that is one of the best indicators on whether or not it is true, because most of the time when it's a fake the people don't reply or they can't even find out who the person is originally responsible for posting it.

He encourages everyone to have a little fact-checker in them before blindly sharing posts.

"Sure it's easier to share and it's easier to share your opinions but make your opinions s based on sound evidence," he said.

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